| With all of the warnings about keeping your | | | | book, but until my old girlfriend contacted |
| personal information private from would be | | | | me, I never realized how vulnerable I was.Of |
| stalkers or to prevent identity theft, it's | | | | course I do appreciate the fact that |
| actually shocking how easy it is to dig up | | | | technology allows me to keep track of the |
| information on people.Unfortunately, I'm no | | | | people that I want to keep track of. My |
| exception to this rule. I was in the office | | | | teenage daughter, for example. We gave her a |
| one day and received an email from an ex | | | | cell phone for her birthday after she begged |
| girlfriend that I dated in college. It was | | | | and pleaded with us. Our first response was |
| not a pleasant surprise since we didn't end | | | | to say no because we know how much she loves |
| our relationship on the best of notes, but I | | | | to talk on the phone. We figured that she |
| was cordial and asked her how she found me. | | | | would forget all about overage charges if she |
| She said she used a database that specialized | | | | were in a conversation with one of her |
| in finding the email addresses of people. She | | | | equally chatty girlfriends. Then we decided |
| didn't harass me or anything like that.She | | | | to give in and let her have it because it's a |
| only contacted me to let me know of a reunion | | | | dangerous world out there and this way she |
| of college friends that was going to occur | | | | would be able to call us in case of an |
| near the school that we attended. I made sure | | | | emergency.Now I can call her when I want to |
| to ask her if it was ok to bring my wife, not | | | | know where she is and who she's with. She |
| that I was going to go, but just to let her | | | | hates getting these calls from me, but I feel |
| know I was married. She said that it would be | | | | better knowing that I can track her down. The |
| fine, since she was bringing her husband. My | | | | phone also has a GPS chip that would allow us |
| ego went right out the window. Later that | | | | to pinpoint her location if she failed to |
| evening I told my wife the story, expecting | | | | answer the phone.I am now considering getting |
| to get a chuckle from her, she was not | | | | an unlisted number for my home phone, for the |
| amused.I decided to go online to see exactly | | | | sake of discretion. I don't know how much |
| how easy it was. I typed my name into one of | | | | good it will do, since my address is on the |
| the popular search endings and was surprised | | | | web, but at least I can kid myself by |
| to see my last few addresses show up, | | | | believing that I can still have a little |
| including my current one. It also showed my | | | | privacy.Gregg Hall is an author living in |
| phone number. Sure, I'm listed in the phone | | | | Navarre Florida. |